Do You Watch NFL When The Bills Aren’t On?

[Irv]

Not sure I will watch any football today. Might work on my Haiku instead. You?

[Low Positive]

If a lot of people say that they don’t watch other teams, it would explain a lot of the posts on this board.

[danh920]

Some of us might do a bit of both:

 

Pats play, Dolphins swim

Victory in the autumn air

New England's painful win.

[Boatdrinks]

Yes, depending on the teams . There are a few where I wouldn’t bother , but there’s usually a decent matchup. 

[Virgil]

I’ll watch split screen with 3 games and red zone on the 4th

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

I will usually watch some football, but I don’t obligate myself to spend an entire day at it, often there are pressing things to get done like getting things ready for winter around the home on a nice fall weekend.  Today, we’ll be taking our granddaughter to lunch and shopping, but I’ll probably catch some of SNF 

[benderbender]

9 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

If a lot of people say that they don’t watch other teams, it would explain a lot of the posts on this board.

Exactly. That's why the depression about wins against the Giants and Bucs seem silly. The Chiefs win in the same manner 4 to 5 times a year in prime time and get praised. They get a favorable call on the last drive or a hail mary doesn't work and Mahomes really did a great job. 

[SCBills]

AFC, yes. 
 

NFC games … hit or miss. 

[Bills!Win!]

There’s only a few teams I can watch.
 

I can only take so much of the giants, jets, saints, falcons, panthers, Texans, bears commanders, cardinals, Steelers… so many boring teams

[bearcat]

Since direct TV lost the ticket. Apparently they now give redzone for free(at least I hope I'm not paying). Usually just keep that on if the Bills aren't on

[Solomon Grundy]

YES!! Without the pins/needles or Xanax!! 

[WhoTom]

Yup. I can almost always find a game of interest - maybe something that affects the Bills, or maybe just a good matchup.

 

[Low Positive]

Just now, Solomon Grundy said:

YES!! Without the pins/needles or Xanax!! 

Yes! Best Sunday of football is after a Bills Thursday night win. And I don’t watch red zone because I think it gives a skewed perspective. For example, it you had been watching RZ two weeks ago, you would have come away with the impression that the Bengals

offense is 100% back because they scored on their first two drives. And then your focus would have shifted to other games because the Bengals never made it back to the Red Zone again.

[Buckets]

It's nice when you have nothing else to do but sit in front of the boob tube, but some of us posters have lives and families, that doesn't mean we don't keep up with the news.

[zow2]

Doing some stuff around the house but definitely will have the games on in the background or on my phone...and pay close attention when they get to the 4th Qtr.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

47 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

If a lot of people say that they don’t watch other teams, it would explain a lot of the posts on this board.

This may actually be the most insightful and truthful statement I've seen on this board is quite a while. The only thing I may add is from some of the posts I see here I question how many people even watch the Bills play. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Ill catch SF and dream about what it would be like for Josh to have an HC/OC like Shannahan

 

[Augie]

Since the NFL demonstrated how little they care about the integrity of the game during our London trip, I have learned to care far less about the NFL. Home game my ass. They have been building a Jags fanbase there since 2013. The Jags should NEVER play a “road game” there. And the jet lag “experiment”? Sorry, you lost me. They also took out a perfectly good field and played on what Von Miller called the worst field he had played on in 13 years in the league. Guys were dropping like flies on that field.

 

I’m still a Bills fan, but I’m also still pissed at the NFL. I’m not sure if that will ever change. I won’t make a point of watching any NFL today.

 

 

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Edited October 29, 2023 by Augie

[John from Riverside]

NFL Sunday ticket is expensive out to get my moneys worth

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

I'll watch, but not intently, probably do split screen.  Two weeks ago when they played the Giants on Sunday night, wasn't even a good game to watch in the afternoon.